Sentence examples for evolution of feeding from inspiring English sources

Thus, there is a considerable variation in polychaete development, but no pattern can be recognized indicating a de novo evolution of feeding larvae from ancestors with non-feeding larvae.

Traditional classifications are partially misled by this convergent evolution of feeding type and associated morphology.

The evolution of feeding behaviors in Sciomyzidae has been discussed in numerous papers (e.g., [ 17, 18, 20- 22]).

Ancestral reconstructions of feeding habits based on our new phylogenetic framework suggest the evolution of feeding in the Perissodini from general carnivorous feeding to highly specialized scale eating.

The family Sciomyzidae, or "snail-killing flies" (Diptera: Acalyptratae: Sciomyzoidea), is an ideal taxon with which to study the evolution of feeding behaviors and associated habitat transitions.

Our analysis of more than 10.000 base pairs of concatenated DNA sequences reveals a strongly supported phyllostomid phylogeny, thus allowing for clear predictions about the evolution of feeding specialization of these bats.

However, non-functioning genes are probably only retained for shorter periods, so re-evolution of feeding structures are only likely to happen after shorter evolutionary periods of non-feeding [ 94].

The presence of duplicate gene copies has been observed in other blood feeding arthropods [ 10, 44] and can serve several potential functions including increased transcript abundance and rapid evolution of blood feeding strategies while retaining intrinsic proteins.

In the last years, the increase of aquaculture production has led to the evolution of feed composition with an increasing substitution of fish meal and fish oil with terrestrial plant products.

Because the evolution of blood feeding among insects occurred independently several times, the composition of the sialome differs substantially among insects not sharing a common blood feeding ancestor, thus representing a classical case of convergent evolution.

As Button notes, "sauropod skulls also provide interesting data in the broader context of the evolution of sauropod feeding mechanisms, where we see the repeated evolution of similar functional complexes".